Chapter 100: A Chance to Take Advantage of the Situation (There's Still Time in the Evening!)
In the end, Rand was forced to shrink the marching troops and slow down the pace.
Elsa wiped the blood off the tip of the dagger, jumped lightly behind Rand, and rode with him.
If she is in front of a complete stranger, Elsa often gives people a cold and dangerous feeling, which makes people ignore her pretty appearance and can't help but hold the weapon.
It can only be said that when she was working as an adventurer guide in the hideout, she was already in a business posture, but that period of time also allowed her to successfully gain many adventurer friends.
In private, as long as Elsa's kleptomania did not control her mind, Rand would sometimes subconsciously forget her dark history and be attracted by her indifferent beauty.
"Let me take people to stop them?" Elsa's expression was also indifferent at this time, but because she was sitting on the horse, leaning on Rand's back, Rand could not see it.
Especially since Rand was wearing a helmet at the time, it was not very convenient for him to turn his head.
"Your superior?" Rand asked.
"I don't know. Theoretically, I'm no longer a senior professional, but I can't find a reference for whether I've reached the highest level." Although Elsa's voice was also light, when she spoke to Rand, she didn't have the sense of distance that she had with other people.
Maybe this is the way to eliminate the sense of distance brought about by having a dark history.
"Be careful." Rand was still frightened because of an incident that happened when Elsa was a scout.
Moreover, in the original game history, Elsa should still be far from being the top professional in this timeline, but unexpectedly she has been promoted now.
However, since she has reached the level of a top-level professional, and she is also a thief who is proficient in stealth and flash, Rand feels that her safety is not likely to be a problem.
Therefore, Wei Wei was relieved and agreed to let her go out to teach these ambushers in the snow who liked to use wolf pack tactics a lesson.
Elsa was originally sitting sideways on the horse's back. When she heard Rand's words, she crossed her legs wrapped in tight clothes and disappeared on the spot.
Rand arranged his troops to continue to advance in a turtle-like manner. Although this was slow, it at least prevented his troops from being defeated and their morale from collapsing, and from not even being able to reach the front battlefield.
In the snow, the cold ice and snow froze a middle-aged man with a scar on his face, his limbs somewhat stiff. They were the mercenaries of the Fourth Prince.
Although he had no right of inheritance, the old king was actually quite good to this illegitimate son of the Fourth Prince. He gave him the management of several productive properties early on and distributed most of the profits to him.
This quickly made the Fourth Prince the richest among all the princes. Their mercenaries were originally meant to do some dirty work for the Fourth Prince, such as capturing elf slaves at the border and engaging in slave trade, or capturing citizens near the manor and making them work for the manor for free.
Or they could seize territory and set up a black market.
After all, the Fourth Prince was of royal blood, so when what he did was not particularly conspicuous or excessive, many nobles whose interests were harmed chose to tolerate it.
Until the old king died and civil war broke out.
This group of mercenaries hired by the Fourth Prince at a high price also ensured to a certain extent that the Fourth Prince was only placed under house arrest and not humiliated.
Now they are working together with the members of the God of Struggle to stop this army from heading to the front battlefield.
To be honest, in this situation, the followers of the God of Struggle are really something.
Indeed, on a highway, the legion was marching in a long line, its entire body in pieces.
At the beginning, as the leader of this mercenary group, he wanted to lead his men to charge forward and stop them as long as he could. Even when his subordinates started to run away, he did not stop them. This was considered to be worthy of the money paid by the Fourth Prince.
But now these followers of the God of Struggle have come up with a new plan. It turns out that these cultists who like to stir up wars everywhere do have some tricks up their sleeves. By constantly sending small groups of troops to disgust them, their marching speed can be effectively slowed down.
This will not only effectively slow down the marching speed of the Second Prince's 5th Legion, but it also seems that after being disgusted for too long, they are showing signs of morale issues.
It turns out that there is a reason why the cult can develop so rapidly. We just need to be careful. If the Fourth Prince ascends to that position in the future, we must clean up these crazy people who like to fight.
At this moment, the middle-aged man with a scar on his face felt like a thorn in his back. Before he could react, he felt a sharp blade against his back.
A faint female voice came from behind: "Tell me, where are your people and the people from the God of Struggle Sect."
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On the front battlefield, the main generals of both sides were in a state of anxiety.
Obviously, the 5th Legion was hindered. The Second Prince believed that this was the work of the Third Prince's faction and was worried about what other tricks his brother might have. If another surprise force came, the already tense front battlefield would likely suffer a one-sided defeat.
The original confidence of victory will turn into sorrow due to excessive joy.
Therefore, facing the tense battlefield, he could not help feeling a little worried, but he did not dare to forcefully order the 5th Legion to come. Firstly, he was not sure that the order could be carried out, and secondly, he was afraid that the 5th Legion would be too anxious and be ambushed by his brother, the third prince, who was a sinister man.
There will really be no hope by then.
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If the war for the throne is lost, everyone may be fine, but his prince will definitely die.
The third prince on the opposite side was even more anxious because he did not send anyone to stop the 5th Legion sent by the second prince.
The previous unfavorable war situation had already made him lose a lot of hair due to his worry, and then there were the disasters caused by the God of Struggle sect everywhere, causing the two legions to disband and go back to deal with the problems in their own territories, and they couldn't be called back even if they were called.
This is even more so now. Thinking of this situation, the Third Prince plans to enter the city and rely on the strong city walls to delay until spring. For the sake of farming, the Third Prince believes that the opposing nobles will not be able to withstand the pressure and will retreat.
This way we can live in peace until next winter, and then we can fight again.
But his elder brother, the second prince, obviously did not intend to give him this opportunity. He blocked them halfway and forced them to fight.
But the previous military report was very clear that the disaster caused by the God of Struggle sent by the Second Prince was much lighter than theirs, so there was still a 5th Army Corps left at the front line, marching towards here.
At this time, the 1st Legion sent by the Second Prince was entangled with them so much, obviously waiting for the appearance of the 5th Legion which had been waiting for a long time.
As long as the Fifth Legion appears, it will be his death knell, but it is impossible to quickly defeat the enemy in front now.
The third prince was worried every moment, and soon he made up his mind to die if he failed.
Although the battle situation is tense now, both sides will withdraw their troops at night. The vision is limited at night, and if the fighting continues, it will easily lead to a situation where you don't know whether you are fighting your own people or the enemy.
But the third prince decided to attack at night, as any further delay would mean waiting for death.
On the other side, thanks to Rand's tortoise shell tactics and Elsa's raid with elite scouts, they were able to move faster and were not far from the front battlefield.
(End of this chapter)